ODETTE ENGLAND is an Australian living and working in Rhode Island. England holds a BA (distinction) in Painting and Drawing (University of South Australia), an MA in Communication Studies (University of South Australia) and a Higher National Certificate in Photography (City of Westminster College, London). She is an emerging artist who has exhibited widely including at the Three White Walls Gallery (Birmingham, UK), The Space (Brighton, UK), Durham Art Gallery (Durham, UK) Lennox Contemporary (Toronto, Canada) The Bargehouse (London, UK), Joyce Gordon Gallery (Oakland, CA) and the Newspace Center for Photography (Portland, OR) amongst others. In 2011 she was the winner of the Hotshoe Photofusion Award (UK), was a finalist for the Pepinieres Europeennes pour jeunes artistes map programme (France), the con-ceit Corangamarah Australian Art Prize (Australia) and the Woods Arts Award (UK). Recently she was awarded a Visiting Fellowship on the ILIRI Research Resident Program at Fowler's Gap (Australia). England has also been an artist-in-residence at the Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (Iceland), Hungarian Multicutural Center (Hungary) and the Can Serrat International Artist Center (Spain).

Selected Solo Exhibitions

The LightHouse (Wolverhampton, UK 2010), Lovells (London, UK 20009), The Space (Brighton, UK 2009), Three White Walls Gallery (Birmingham, UK 2009), Durham Art Gallery (Durham, UK 2009).

Selected Group Exhibitions

Klompching Gallery (New York, 2011), Photofusion (London, UK 2011), Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, 2010), Klompching Gallery (New York,2010), Ferencvarosi Gallery (Budapest, Hungary 2009), Sheffield Institute of Art and Design Gallery (Sheffield, UK 2009), The Bargehouse (London, UK 2009), Klompching Gallery (New York, 2009), University College School (London, UK 2008), Dray Walk Gallery (London, UK 2008), Bakehouse Art Complex (Miami Beach, 2008), Otway Estate Winery & Brewery (Victoria, Australia–con.ceit Corangamarah Australian Art Prize, 2008), Joyce Gordon Gallery (Oakland, 2008), HOST Gallery (London, UK 2008), Newspace Center for Photography (Portland, 2008), Bute Space Gallery and Studios (Wales, UK 2008), Twenty Rivington (London, UK 2008), Keighley Arts Factory (Bradford, UK 2008), Old Town Gallery (Margate, UK 2008–Margate Rocks Festival of Contemporary Art, 2008), BECA gallery (New Orleans, 2008), Alpan Gallery (Long Island,2007), Rhonda Schaller Studio (New York,2007).

Selected Awards and Grants

HotShoe Photofusion Award, Winner (UK), Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design (2010-2012), Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Emerging Photographers, Winner (2010), Px3 Prix De La Photographie, Winner, 2nd Prize (2010), International Photography Awards, 5x Honourable Mentions (2009), London International Creative Competition, Honourable Mention (2009), Px3 Prix De La Photographie, Winner (2009), New York Photo Awards, Nominee (2009), Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Emerging Photographers, Winner (2009), ILIRI Research Resident Program, Visiting Fellowship (2009), con.ceit Corangamarah Australian Art Prize, Finalist (2008).

Publications

'Flash Forward' Magenta Foundation, 2010; '2010 Annual Book', Px3 Prix De La Photographie, 2011; '2009 Annual Book', Px3 Prix De La Photographie, 2010; 'Flash Forward – 5th Anniversary', Magenta Foundation, 2009.

Selected Press & Periodicals

HotShoe International (2011), Spot (2010), Ag (2010), F-Stop (2010), British Journal of Photography (2010), NY Arts (2010), London Independent Photography (2009), Photographie (2009), Law and More (2009), specs (2009), British Journal of Photography (2009), Birmingham Life (2009), The Architects Newspaper (2009), a-n Magazine (2009), Ag (2008).